# Tell Your Children

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{{short description|1922 film}}
{{about||the 1936 American film|Reefer Madness|the 2019 book by Alex Berenson|Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Tell Your Children
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Donald Crisp](/source/Donald_Crisp)
| producer       = Martin Sabine
| writer         = Leslie Howard Gordon<br>Rachel Macnamara
| starring       = [Doris Eaton](/source/Doris_Eaton_Travis)
| music          = 
| cinematography = 
| editing        = 
| studio         = International Artists Film Company
| distributor    = [Famous Players–Lasky British Producers](/source/Famous_Players%E2%80%93Lasky)
| released       = {{film date|df=yes|1922}}
| runtime        = 55 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = Silent with English intertitles
}}

'''''Tell Your Children''''' is a 1922 British [drama film](/source/Drama_(film_and_television)) directed by [Donald Crisp](/source/Donald_Crisp) and starring [Doris Eaton](/source/Doris_Eaton_Travis) and [Walter Tennyson](/source/Walter_Tennyson).<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Tell Your Children |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150053075 |access-date=9 June 2025 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> [Alfred Hitchcock](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock) is credited as a [title designer](/source/Main_title_designer).<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TellYourChildren1922.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Tell Your Children |accessdate=28 November 2009|work=Silent Era}}</ref> It was the first film in which later ''[Carry On](/source/Carry_On_films)'' actor [Charles Hawtrey](/source/Charles_Hawtrey_(actor%2C_born_1914)) was to appear&nbsp;– he was aged eight at the time. The film is now [lost](/source/lost_film).{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}

==Cast==
* [Doris Eaton](/source/Doris_Eaton_Travis) as Rosny Edwards
* [Walter Tennyson](/source/Walter_Tennyson) as John Haslar
* [Margaret Halstan](/source/Margaret_Halstan) as Lady Sybil Edwards
* [Warwick Ward](/source/Warwick_Ward) as Lord Belhurst
* [Adeline Hayden Coffin](/source/Adeline_Hayden_Coffin) as Nanny Dyson
* [Gertrude McCoy](/source/Gertrude_McCoy) as Maudie
* [Mary Rorke](/source/Mary_Rorke) as Susan Hasler
* [A. Harding Steerman](/source/A._Harding_Steerman) as vicar
* [Cecil Morton York](/source/Cecil_Morton_York) as Reuben Haslar
* [Charles Hawtrey](/source/Charles_Hawtrey_(actor%2C_born_1914))

==See also==
* [Alfred Hitchcock filmography](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock_filmography)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0013658|title=Tell Your Children}}

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Category:1922 films
Category:1922 British films
Category:1922 drama films
Category:1922 English-language films
Category:1922 lost films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:British silent feature films
Category:English-language drama films
Category:Films directed by Donald Crisp
Category:Lost British silent drama films

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